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Lesson One

Preparing For The Interview
General rules and principles that will help you obtain information and detect deception.

Starting The Interview
How to get them talking to you
How to obtain a statement

Analyzing The Statement
Look At The Language
Specific words
Unique words
Unusual words
Untruthful words

Test Your Knowledge
Lesson One – Test One
Lesson One – Test Two


Lesson Two

Look At The Language (continued)
Did the subject skip over something in his story?
Lack of memory
Passive voice vs. active voice
The articles “the” and “a”
Speaking verbs
Emotions in a story
The use of harsh words
The words “this” and “that”

Test Your Knowledge
Lesson Two – Test One
Lesson Two – Test Two


Lesson Three

Pronouns
Plural pronouns
Substituting pronouns for a name
The missing pronoun "I"
Too much use of the pronoun "I"
Changing pronouns
Detecting admissions by examining the pronouns

Test Your Knowledge
Lesson Three – Test One
Lesson Three – Test Two


Lesson Four

Verb Tenses
Past tense verbs
Present tense verbs

Time References
Missing time
Out-of-place time references
Do the time references add up?

Test Your Knowledge
Lesson Four – Test One
Lesson Four – Test Two


Lesson Five

Personal Dictionary
Everyone has their own vocabulary

Names In A Statement
Identify all names mentioned

Order Is Important
What is mentioned first?
Out-of-order statements

Test Your Knowledge
Lesson Five – Test One
Lesson Five – Test Two


Lesson Six

The Story Breakdown
Every story is comprised of three segments

Crossed Out Words
What do they tell us?

Punctuation
Has the subject ended his thought?

Test Your Knowledge
Lesson Six – Test One
Lesson Six – Test Two


Lesson Seven

Watch How You Phrase Your Questions
Do not answer the questions for them
Compound questions

Did The Subject Answer Your Specific Question?

Did The Subject Answer Your Question With A Question?

Everybody Edits Their Statement

Test Your Knowledge
Lesson Seven – Test One
Lesson Seven – Test Two


Lesson Eight

Follow Up Questions
Additional questions to detect deception

Test Your Knowledge
Lesson Eight – Test One
Lesson Eight - Test Two


Review

A Review Of The Techniques

Test Your Knowledge
Review – Test One
Review – Test Two
Review – Test Three
Review – Test Four
Review – Test Five

Final Thoughts